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Last day in Tokyo

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March 3rd 2015
So Japanese efficiency let us down yesterday. An accident on the bullet train line stopped the trains getting to Nagano so we couldn't get to the snow monkeys! Much tears and tantrumming was only plicated by a trip to the 'happiest place on earth' Disney land! Phil needless to say was not impressed but he endured 'it's a small world' and the parades in order to cheer me up. Today is our last ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more